St. Peters Old Style Porter

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

A BIG thanks to my friend Jason Thomas Williams for bringing this beer down to me when he visited Roanoke. Offerings from this brewery are often passed over by me when I am collecting a mixed 6-pack at the stores. I don't know why I continue to make this mistake. EVERY TIME, their beers are great and this beer is no exception. It is creamy, smooth, and an excellent malt flavor. Coffee, toffee, and licorice are all present. My only small dig is that the mouthfeel was a tad on the runny side. GREAT beer.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

Pours a transparent brown/black with minimal head that disappears almost immediately. Fair amount of carbonation. Aroma is fairly strong with hints of roasted malts and a bit of bitterness. tastes like water for the first couple seconds then the flavor hits. Hints of roasted malts and bitterness, not much else. Not that balanced of a beer but it is still fairly pleasant. A tad watered down and a bit weak. Not bad.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Dark ruby clear color with small brown foam head. Aroma is chocolate, toffee and some caramel. Taste is bitter chocolate, and some bitter hop. A nice surprise. Quite long bitter chocolate aftertaste. (Velp 201210)

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

This is a hit and miss brewer for me...and this was a miss. It pours a deep brown with a tan head. The aroma is roasted malt, molasses, and coffee. The flavour is more of the same, nothing overpowering - maybe a little too weak.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

I wasn't that impressed with this porter. Maybe because it's an "Old-style" porter it is a different style? The flavors were a bit overwhelming, seemed a bit fruity to me. Not bad, just was a bit too much. The carbonation also seemed a bit low. Has a very nice appearance, just wan't all that I expected for the price.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Beautiful dark pour, mild copper cream head. Rich nose of dark malt chocolate. Smooth sip, very dark, royal, rich. Mild bitter chocolate. Certainly an old classic recipe. I feel like the kind of England!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 8

i'm surprised this one's not higher. the body seemed thin at first, but grew on me. Like their cream stout, this beer is ridiculously smooth and actually tasted higher abv than it really is.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 6

Great expectations are sometimes not met. The porter is got the dark ebony color. There's frothy tan head on pour, but it settles quickly to a spotty film. The aroma is toasted malt-chocolate and some coffee. The taste matches. But the is not as thick or as creamy as i'd come to expect with good porters.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours a dark body, amber when held to the light, a thin but lasting head. Mouthfeel a little thin but not bad. Aroma was nice, smelled of molasses and plums. Flavor was similar, kind of sweet but not overly so. A pretty good beer.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

It pours a dark semi-transparent reddish-brown, almost sable, with a very thick ecru head. Aroma is oily and a little smoky, mainly of molasses or brown sugar but not cloyingly sweet. Flavor is on the thin side - smoky and molasses-y, a little sweet but still with just a hint of hoppy bitterness. Texture is smooth and a bit watery, but this is still a decent brew.